The problem with the Soviets is well known, they are crap without call-ins, very powerful (and circumstantially OP) with their call ins. It makes them kinda boring to play.
The fact that they can spam cons (which is effective and thanks to the PTRS buff your Cons scale pretty well) and then call in and win the game is only because of blobbing viability. All 4 factions can blob at certain stages of the game, some sooner some later.
How to fix Soviets (And by fix I mean both make them more balanced and more fun to play)? IMO:
- Fix the whole blobbing issue (Don't wanna derail the thread because there are other threads to discuss crowd control suggestions).
- Buff some of the stock units so you can rely on them and make them more appealing.
- Nerf (mostly timing and a little price increase) the call-ins (The call-in meta and suggested fixes are another issue which we are all aware of)
PS:
What makes me sad is that a lot of these suggestions have been discussed countless times, in countless threads and posts and there have been enough ForumWars, but who cares?
If you're getting PTRS on your cons then you don't have any call-ins.
SU85, katyushja and T70 are good/decent, T34/76 is useful because it's a tank, albeit a crappy one. Halftrack is situational, SU-76 is worthless.